A Fellow B.C. Blogger orders Rain - its ok!

Even though we had a big weekend planned to RV at the local Provincial Park, we did get that rain that was forecast. It was badly needed, and it is always soothing to listen to the rain on the RV and read a really good book. I am making my way through Wilbur Smith's books at the present. We did take in the Farmers Market Saturday morning and napped through some of the downpour in the afternoon. A local group, The Trainwrecks were playing at the market - they were very entertaining. Next weekend some of our gang are playing. Sunday was a beautiful day, with some of the gang kayaking on the very calm lake. We had a lovely potluck dinner together that evening with lots of laughs, cuban cigars and some scotch around the campfire. This summer, most of the province had a campfire ban, so that was something that we all had missed. I don't miss the campfire smell in our clothes!

May LW: Tyhee September LW: Tyhee

Tyhee Lake Provincial Park is only a 10 minute drive from home. The gang always starts the summer season on Victoria Day weekend at this park, because being so close to home you can run home for whatever you forgot to pack into the RV. This year, there were no leaves on the trees and it was quite chilly - the furnace ran lots in the RV. But, as you can see, we still BBQ and there is a little bottle of sha - la -la to make a pretty special coffee to keep warm. We camp there on the September Labour Day weekend to take advantage of the Farmers Market in town on Saturday. There used to be teenagers to keep track of as well on those weekends, but as of this year, the gang no longer has any teenager at home to worry? about. I don't know if that's a good thing or not, but life proceeds on. We all have good kids/young adults so the problem was not with the kids, but rather with us as slightly? overprotective and involved parents. And as some have remarked in the last couple of days, that's a good thing. So, here's to another weekend at Tyhee and some fun around the campfire! ( ok - you're going to ask what sha - la - la is? That's what we called a coffee liquor when are kids were little - I don't know why!)

September and THE Corn Roast

We won't be there this year, but last September Donald and I flew to Toronto to visit my parents and go to the family reunion and THE Corn Roast. Why is it so special? Well, a sunny Sunday afternoon, a couple of hundred people ( mostly family ), fresh corn, potluck, live music and best of all it's held on a family farm just outside the Greater Toronto Area. ( One of the largest farms outside of Toronto, still owned by family ). There were games, a corn maze, good laughs, catching up with relatives I had not seen since I was in elementary school, visiting the cows at milking time and listening to some really good country music played by family and friends.OHHH and that fresh corn picked minutes before being put into the big boiling bags and into the huge pots. What could be better. The interesting thing, was that most of the talk around our little group area was about Rv'ing! Many of the first cousins ( to my mother ) are retired and most belong to the same RV Club as my parents and travel south for the winter. So, even though you haven't see relatives for a long time or perhaps never met them as in the case of Donald, if the conversation is about RV's there is lots to discuss. Have a great time this Sunday to those family and friends attending!!!!!!

rv blog of the month???

Hey - not too often I do this, but I had a look at Sitemeter to check some stats, and noticed in the referrals that some hits were coming from Hitch Itch ( thanks guys! ) and from rvresources.com. I had a look at that particular site and it seems were are RV Bloggers of the Month. Who knew! Thanks rvresources! Now I feel this heavy pressure to write something extraordinary. Not. Life for us is just day by day normal with a love of the rv lifestyle. If we can encourage others to enjoy the same pursuits, or perhaps visit some of the great places we have managed to see in our area, well, I am happy with that. I read other fantastic blogs for the same reasons. My BFF called tonight ( she of the turning 50 and the pink dress and other strange clothing - see earlier August blog ) to arrange the next 3 weekends of RV'ing. Those rv'ers in the Hardwall Hippy group who are in the teaching community are back to work this week in anticipation of those students starting back on the 8th, so they will only have weekends off now. That's ok - we will stick close to the area, having our short times away from home and potlucking our gourmet meal on the Saturday nights. We have some lovely Coho in our freezer, thanks to our youngest son, that will bbq up nicely!
Photo: checking out Elizabeth Lake Forest Service ( BC ) Site - 3 RV sites, very private, dock, looks like a great lake to Kayak on.

take the hints and helps from other rv'ers

Last time we were at this dumping station, the fellow behind us advised that the pavement was sloping the wrong way, and that this pavement movement had been happening for a while. We had already commenced our dumping at the time as we were ahead of him. We watched afterwards when he put some big boards under his further tires to lift up the one side. This time, we managed to take his advice and put at least 4 - 5 inches of board height on the opposite wheels to tilt the rv towards the drain. Worked great. This is always a busy dumping station during the summer as : 1) the scenery is spectacular 2) the station is set up great for getting in and out 3) lots of room to park afterwards 4) fantastic info centre on site 5) usually some vendors selling vegetables, fruit or fast food. We always like to take a look at the other RV's there - and sure enough HUGE fifth wheels ( Presidential ). One of them was being pulled by a Freightliner M2. There were about 7 units parked there, and most of them had a yellow number on them, so likely it was a caravan group coming back from an Alaska trip. Have fun guys!
( FYI: the dump site is Hazelton, BC )